Sainsbury's Wellingborough

Christ Exalted Church (CEC) is a registered charity in the UK. CECs always work together with their partners to reach out to the community to improve people's livelihoods. CEC is a multicultural and diverse church in Wellingborough. The members of CEC are predominantly Black African and Caribbean. The majority of CEC members are needy families and the homeless. The object of CEC is to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the statement of beliefs in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom as the trustees may occasionally think fit. CEC & EMMAERICS charity services work in partnership with Foodiverse and Neighbourly to collect surplus food for donation. The surplus collection has helped us to feed and support over 10,000 (ten thousand) needy families and homeless people, including children, since 2017. These needy families and homeless people depend on the surplus food collection to meet their daily needs

We operate in school to support families struggling with day to day living, including food. We run a food pantry to help with essentials and ensure no child is without a meal, or care items. Myself and the other family support worker collect and distribute accordingly to needs.

Looprun is a response division and part of an independent social enterprise. This is more than food and is part of a supportive services platform to help people get sustained in their own individual way. With up to 94% success rate and seeing once those receiving free Looprun response bags to returning to stores as shoppers with baskets full. These are the impact stories created when all come together to do good for good. Service users are signposted to Looprun mostly from referrals including professionals in social and healthcare. Looprun provides free non perishables, perishable food, toiletries, pet food, brand new clothing and gifts to people facing a temporary challenge. Whatever supermarkets, stores, and retailers can do is turned into a grateful donation to a neighbour in need. This is a response to real people in real-time. No food is banked providing a direct in and out service. We believe if the food is stored then a person in need is not getting any food, hence we provide an instant response and instant impact service. Looprun has access to professional volunteers who carry out a confidential support service to people in need. From homeless shelters, hostels, sheltered housing, care homes, soup kitchens and schools. This is a non voucher, free and confidential service. This means Looprun can reach more people in need with food donations. Anyone that receives a Looprun bag of essential food items is sustained, thus creating a loop cycle. All are invited to become part of these sustainable stories in your local community. For further information and gallery access on the impact of Looprun please visit: Website: https://looprunresponse.online/